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piloneus382 wrote:Outta Leftfield wrote:This was a close vote. White Sox had a late surge that almost put them over.
I hope no one minds if I throw out more more name to consider for that final Twins card: Brad Radke. Perhaps the best choice would be his 1997 season.
In '97, Bradke went 20-10 and was CYA-3. His 4R 1997 card looks like a real righty killer: https://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/p ... /1690/1/90.
Radke was a career Twin, pitching for 12 seasons. He is ranked 9th among SABR's ratings of Top Players in Twins History. This is by far the highest ranking for a Twin w/o an ATG card: https://sabr.org/journal/article/top-50 ... s-history/
For the record, SABR ranks Guardado 30th among the Top Twins Players.
I think the idea was to replace a reliever with a reliever (preferably a left-handed one). Apart from Guardado the only other solid choice that comes to mind is Glen Perkins from 2012 and 2013.
That was part of it, but the main driver is the EXP Twins need another lefty reliever and Guardado is the natural choice here in my view. Perhaps we can get Radke in another way. We are already adding 2 hard-righty starters with this add (Morris, Erickson) that I believe to have better cards than '97 Radke. That being said, I do agree that Radke belongs in the set. Perhaps his 2004 card would be worth a look.